On December 10, 2016 at 16:11 UTC (on December 11 at 00:11 Beijing time) the Chang Zheng-3B/G2 (Long March-3B/G2) rocket-carrier was launched from Xichang Cosmodrome, Sichuan province, southwestern China. The rocket orbited the “Fengyun-4A” new-generation geostationary weather satellite to provide uninterrupted views of storm systems across Asia.